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<\/h4>\n

Matchbox \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/h4>\n

 <\/p>\n

Today I meet her for the first time:
\na brunette, unlike my mother.<\/p>\n

She shows me Father\u2019s wallet
\nphotos of him dressed as a pirate<\/p>\n

lets me smell his coat hanging in the hall.
\nShe clasps a small black bundle to her heart<\/p>\n

then hands it to me, a crumpled plastic bag
\nHere he is, <\/em>she whispers. Inside, there is<\/p>\n

a matchbox filled with grey powder.
\nIf you want, you can pour some out.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Arrival in Wroclaw<\/h4>\n

\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

She waited for me at the airport
\nthat freezing December night.
\nI filed for divorce<\/em>, she said,<\/p>\n

there is something far more
\n<\/em>important I want to show you
\n<\/em>and we drove to the old town.<\/p>\n

All at once, she stopped the car
\nand pointed towards the sky.<\/p>\n

There it was, the giant peach of the full
\nmoon caught between the church towers.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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